Whisky felling #15. Hommage to Silvano Samaroli: Glen Garioch 1975/1987 RWD 50.0%, Ord 1962/1984 Samaroli Bouquet 58.0%, Glen Grant 1969/1984 Samaroli 59.0%

Sounds quite crazy and indeed it is: three old Samaroli malts at one tasting!

All the malts were bottled more than 30 years ago in 1980-s. So the line-up as follows:

Glen Garioch 1975/1987 RWD for Samaroli 50.0% - 240 bottles released, bottled for Il Salumaio di Montenapoleone anniversary.

Nose: kippers, smoke, salt, whiffs of raw potatoes, wet wool, chalk and grass. Far closer to modern south Islay than to modern eastern Highland. 

Taste: superbly dense, salty and mineral. 

Finish: long, peaty and salty with lots of smoked fish. 

Overall: just brilliant for its 12 years. 

Score = 23 23 23 23, 92/100!

Andrey score = 95/100
Sergii score = 93/100
Dmytro score = 95/100
Oleg score = 93/100
Average score = 93.6/100!

Ord 1962/1984 Samaroli Bouquet 58.0% - 720 bottles released. 

Nose: fresh, creamy and resionous, hints of bee venom and honey, precious wood.

Taste: takes you by storm with plenty of layers and brushstrokes, wood, spices, wax, bee venom, touches of cream and lemon peels. Superb power.

Finish: long, fresh, salty and mineral, lemon peels and dry oak. 

Overall: stunning malt with the taste so intense and powerful that it seems to be out of this world. At the same time you don't even think of adding water. 

Score = 23.5 24.5 24 24, 96/100!

P.S. Special thanks to Ilya Zagumennyh and Yuriy Shcherbina for sharing a bottle :)

Andrey score = 97/100
Sergii score = 98/100
Dmytro score = 97/100
Oleg score = 98/100
Average score = 97.2/100!

Glen Grant 1969/1984 Samaroli 59.0% - 720 bottles released. 

Nose: very unusual, sweet coca-cola, pencil shavings, sherry, dusty library, wet leather, old cognac, then peat and smoked pears arise, with water it becomes sweeter and more gentle, almost a perfume. 

Taste: dense, oaky,  astringent and salty, with water it becomes sweeter (or you need to give him half an hour in a glass). 

Finish: long and warming, spicy, oaky and salty. Chocolate and berries. Lots of herbs. 

Overall: great sherried Glen Grant with superb nose and finish. Smoke and salt weren't expected but they add some charm as well. 

Score = 24.5 22.5 24 23, 94/100!

Andrey score = 96/100
Sergii score = 96/100
Dmytro score = 96/100
Oleg score = 96/100
Average score = 95.6/100!

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